Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
STR ONG ENDORSEMENT.

| SIRONG INDORSEMENT.
The comment of the press Of the
country is an indication of the
sentiment of the people. Speaking
of the theories Of socialism Govern.
or Rusk said: "They are as un-
American as monarchy and as treas
enable as secession" and this is the
sentence the Inter ocean said ought
to be the watch word of every pa
triot who believes in republicanism
as against monarcy, and III our Ma
tional Union as against secession,
and of any man, native or foreign
born who desires the opportunity
To hew out for himself his own for
tune IN a free country.
We find equally strong indorse-
ment of Governor Rusk's senti-
ments i'll many papers-notably IN
the New York Tribune, the Haii
and Express, of the same city, in
the Philadelphia Times, Cleveland
Leader, St. Louis Gtobe-Democrdt,
Chicago Tribune, Ne'oS, and Jouraak,
and now comes the Chicago ud1,
and on the strength of The Inter
| Oceon'S watch-word sentence, nom
mates Governor Rusk for Presiden-
tial candidate III 1888. The Nal
says:
Score a point for Jeremiah Busk-"Uncle
Jerry, as the Wisconsin people call him. In
his recent message TO the Legislature OF his
state Governor kusk, abiding to anarchists
and socialists, said
"rhey are rs un-American Us monarchy and
as reasonable as secession"
A ringing good sentence that and il is the
utterance OF rs true an American citizen as
lives jeremiah Rusk is not u handsome man,
nor is there anything suggestive of poverty
about his name, but, like "old Abe, the rail-
splitter" he gets a powerful grasp ON facts.
The country is not overburdened with honest,
clear-headed men in public life like Uncle
Jerry" kusk.
Fifty thousand white pages of print paper
have been hlackeued with ink since last May
in denunoiation OF anarchists, but no iudict-
munt has been found against them SO scathing
as this of wiscousin's Governor: LAS I'M
American as monarchy aud as reasonable as
secession"
Eighteen months from present writing the
Republican parry, in National convention as
sombed here, will be taking account OF
stock, with view OF selecting sound Presi-
dental timber. The orator who may be called
upon 10 address that convention in behalf OF
Jeremiah Rusk will find in the life, labors, and
State papers OF Wnconsns Governor abund-
am material for magnificent address, "unoie
Jerry has a record on which the Republican
party may safely and successfully appeal 10
the honest voters OF this country.
"Uncle Jerry" may never be Pres
ident, nor even a candidate, but he
has furnished the country def
milton of anarchisuc and Socialistlc
theories and doctrines Tor which
it has reason to be grateful and
that ought TO arouse every true
American and every lover of IN
diyidual liberty and personal rights
to a sense of these theories and
the danger to be apprehended from
them.
GERMANY is reported to have de
termined to demand of France an
explanation of the latter's war-Ilke
preparations on the frontier.
The colony of Queensland, in
Australia has been swept 10y a cyclone
and deluged by flood. In the city
of Brisbane the water is twenty feet
deep on the streets. Many people
were drowned.
TnE Repubhcanism of Senator
Henry l.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,
is uuquestioned. But he set bad
example in accepting Democratic
help in his fight to keep his seat in
the Senate.
ABOUT the last of January
1888, active speculation as to good
man to be the Republican candidate
for President will be timely. At
present it is not live question Of
the day. \ great many things may
happen before the year is over.